TROUT AND GRAYLING. 17 



rod, when be must be towed up again and another 

 effort made to secure him. 



The principal differences between Trout and 

 Grayling Fishing are, that the latter requires a 

 more delicate hand, a quicker eye, and the use of 

 smaller flies upon the finest gut. The strike 

 must be made on the instant of the rise. The fish 

 may be sometimes seen, if he be of a good size and 

 the water bright, a few inches before he gets up 

 to the fly, and the fisherman must strike imme- 

 diately that he does so, for his motion at the 

 instant of seizure is too rapid to be visible. 



When the fisherman comes upon a favourable 

 place for Grayling, he should recollect that this 

 fish does not follow the fly as the Trout does, and 

 should therefore allow it to float down the stream 

 in a natural way ; for should a Grayling be wait- 

 ing for it, and it is drawn away, " the fish will be 

 disappointed of that which it was the fisherman's 

 intention to entertain him with." 



It must also be remarked here that the mouth of 

 the Grayling is much more tender than that of 

 the Trout, therefore much more care in landing is 

 required ; and a landing net is generally indis- 

 pensable, especially where the banks are high, for 

 the mouth will seldom bear his weight out of the 

 water. 



